GRAMMAR TEST – 100

1-………. new medicines are extremely effective in the treatment of malaria, there is less need mow to control the mosquito which carries the disease. A) So as B) While C) Since D) Until E) As much as

2- A large portion of space remains unexplored though man has been interested in it………. the dawn of civilization. A) after B) since C) as many as D) just as E) as much as

3- The sky has been under observation ever……… civilization began, however not much is known about it. A) since B) such as C) as if D) as many E) as long as

4- I had eaten nothing ….. breakfast except a couple of apples. A) since B) such as C) as many D) as soon as E) as much as

5- In her talk Alicia stressed that economic relationships are complicated and changeable,……… everything happens at once. A) since B) until C) while D) as much as E) as well

6- We didn’t stop running ……… we reached the bus-station. A) as B) as so C) as soon as D) since E) while 7- It has bound the Asian nations together making war between them unthinkable …………… allowing individual countries to maintain their own peculiarities. A) while B) until C) since D) after E) as soon as

8-…………. President Yeltsin’s visit to Italy was nearing its end the %6 billion contract between the Russian gas company Gazprom and the Italian energy group KLI was finally signed. A) As many B) After C) Such as D) While E) Until

9- Some of the oil producing cities have achieved very high levels of income per capita …………… retaining many of the other characteristics of less developed cities. A) until B) as soon as C) while D) as if E) as so

10- Food might be contaminated ………. cooking or be subject to spore germination and out-growth it cooled slowly and stored warm. A) as long as B) after C) as well D) as many E) as

11-……… years of fighting the three countries have finally decided to sign a peace treaty. A) As Long As B) After C) Such As D) As Soon As E) While

12- Finally,………. 1982, there was Industrial action in protest against the Government’s prices and incomes policy. A) as soon as B) such as C) while D) as many E) after

13- Meetings with the EEC started immediately ………. the general election of 1969. A) as much as B) after C) until D) since E) as if

14- Castro will not ease his grip ………. he dies; nor will the policy makers in Paris will be ready to life the European embargo against trade with Cuba. A) such as B) as so C) as long as D) until E) as much as

15- The firm Cartler was founded by Almondo Kolmuya in 1832 in Paris but……… the end of the century. A) As long as B) Until C) As much as D) Such as E) Since

16- ………. all the regional reports have come in, there is no point in holding a general negotiation of the directors. A) As soon as B) Such as C) Until D) Since E) While

17- It wasn’t……. after Patrick had been elected that they realized he was a gifted leader. A) as much as B) as soon as C) such as D) as well E) until

18- He advised me not to write……. I’d got over my anger and this was good suggestion. A) as soon as B) until C) as many D) as much as E) after

19- They gave up the project………. it was starting to cost so much. A) as B) since C) as long as D) after E) until

20- Reformations as it has developed ……. the Middle Ages has consisted in substituting for extraordinary and technological explanations natural and reasonable ones. A) after B) until C) as many D) as long as E) since

21- The Greenhouse Impact will only benefit some parts of the earth, ………. adversely affecting other parts. A) such as B) until C) while D) as soon as E) as if

22- Alicia can’t stand it that people chew gum ………. they’re talking! A) as B) until C) as well D) while E) as soon as

23- ……… smelting in a blast furnace the percentage of iron in any ore rarely exceeds 75% or drops lower than 40%. A) As many B) As soon as C) As D) After E) While

24- English novelists grew more and more concerned with social matters ………. the 1960’s. A) after B) as long as C) as well D) until E) as much as

25- ………. 3 May 1800 when “The Treaty of Union” between England and Scotland went into effect, all the trade laws of Scotland and England had to be reviewed. A) As many B) After C) As well D) As so E) Until